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Formatting external hard disc connected by USB

I wish to format an external hard disc but when I try via the Dos Prompt I am asked for the volume name. For some long forgotten reason I have obviously set one but despite trying all the obvious ones...

smurfchops

Another Bradford & Bingley Northern Rock question

Will people with Bradford & Bingley Fixed Rate Bonds lose their savings when B&B are taken over by Northern Rock or is their money safe if they have under ?35,000 in Bonds? What if they have ?35,000...

tellboy

Bank Charges beware of the alternative ?

All the people whingeing about UK bank charges should realise that they may switch from free banking. I lived in Australia where each cheque, direct debit, standing order is charged individually. Also...

sarah_louise

Symantec UK ....Customer Care.....Not ?

I think it should be renamed as Customer Dont Care Dept. I dont seem to have had Norton Ghost 10 software all that long. It is a genuine boxed copy with Manual bought from Amazon Co uk ( ie not a...

j c tatum

flight time

What is the actual flight time between Sydney and honolulu?

anotheoldgit

Digital photo frame

I was bought an electronic photo frame for Christmas. which not only displays photographs ( JPEGs) but will also play music files (MP3s). My problem is, I have loaded some photos files and music files...

27park

vauxhall vectra

on my vauxhall vectra 2.0 dti 52 reg a symbol of a car with a spanner has appeared on my dashboard what dose this mean ??? p.s i do not have the owners handbook

nanscamp

desk top icons back to front

please can anyone help my sister. The kids have done something to her desktop and now all the icons are back to front. She cant even get on here to ask herself because everything is reversed. They had...

gaz1954

Garden News

Meaning of the species name 'officinalis' ? ?????? to man. Thanks in advance.

gaz1954

Satellite Receptiion

has anyone experienced problems wth satellite reception durng bad weather. Since it has started snowing heavily today (Sunday 18/11/07) we have lost our Sky reception! Message on screen says "No...

marwel7

Memory sticks

Am I right in thinking that memory sticks and flash drives are the same thing? And that they can be used to store files as a back up?

perose

Nokia phone

My husband has a pay as you go mobile phone for emergency use only whilst hill walking. Fortunately he has not needed to use it but the credit has been taken so now it is useless. Does anyone know why...

maglet

Converting old photographs to jpeg format.

Is there anyway I can turn old photographs into a Jpeg format, these photos were taken approximately 15 years ago before the advent of digital cameras. I desperately need some photos of my mother...

Lie-in King

Dual-tuner HDD/DVD recorder...

Hi all! I'm asking for my neighbour, who thinks I should know this stuff?!... She has a TV with built-in Freeview. Is there a box out there that will allow her to record 2 channels simultaneously,...

notfrom-oz

microsoftword for free??

does anyone know where i can download this for free please??

Lorcan

Does AVG destroy spyware?

My computer is protected by AVG and automatically scans every file every day. I also have Ad-Aware. Yesterday the scan show that I had got spyware. Today's scan says that the computer is 100% clean....

MissLouiseDe

Car insurance question

Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help me - My car insurance is up for renewal next week and I want to reinsure with the company I am with (direct line) . I have been with them for the last 4 years...

tellboy

Gas Bill Prepayment Problem

My Daughter in Law pays and always has paid by prepayment card. This months Bill along with the credits says she owes ?400. I thought that a PrePayment system only delivered the Gas you had credited.?...

sarah_louise

Band F to Band G mystery

I have found out that the only reason my car has crept into the Band G Vehicle Tax (Gas Guzzling. Anti Social etc..) is because the previous owner who had it from new had ordered it with a different...

always curio

sky boxes

If you unsubscribe from Sky Tv are the boxes that youve paid for then redundent, or do they operate in the same way a freeview box would with just you just recieving the limited amount of channels you...

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